EMPIRE OF THORNS AND ASH Book One of The Bloodbound LegacyUpdated at Aug 6, 2026, 06:50
New Orleans, 1722.
The city is a crucible of ambition, where French soldiers, African slaves, and voodoo queens carve out their fortunes in blood and sweat. For three immortal siblings, it should be the perfect hiding place—far from the hunters who have pursued them across Europe.
But the past has a way of finding those who run.
Kaelen, the eldest and most dangerous, is a storm of fire and fury, bound by a prophecy that whispers of a love that could destroy him. When he crosses paths with Amara, a smuggler with a bounty on her head and a knife at her hip, he sees in her the same defiance that once defined him. But desire is a luxury he cannot afford—not when every touch risks burning them both.
Lysander, the strategist, seeks to build a fortress of normalcy in the swamp, a home where they can finally rest. But the land he claims is already claimed—by a ruthless aristocrat who will stop at nothing to see them buried in the bayou.
Sera, the youngest and most reckless, refuses to cower in the shadows. She infiltrates the French military, playing a deadly game of seduction and lies to secure their future. But when she catches the eye of a battle-hardened captain, she finds herself torn between duty and a temptation she never expected.
As the siblings fight to carve out a new life, an ancient enemy stirs in the shadows. A voodoo queen recognizes them for what they are—and she will not let them forget the sins of their past. The prophecy of the Sunstone looms over them all: a child of the night who can walk in daylight, a being that could either save them… or doom the world.
In a city where fire and water wage an endless war, the only way out is through the flames.